Word: objects
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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High up, the plane was a tiny object in the sky, but the handful of Army officers watching it from their steel-&-concrete tower could hear its voice from...
...Edwards and Hingson are aware that their cases (33 when they wrote their article but now nearly 100) represent a limited experience, so they urge busier hospitals to try out their method. Some doctors object that this type of anesthesia is more likely to injure nerves and blood vessels or produce cerebral reactions than anesthetics such as gases...
...with a real arm. They drive automobiles, write letters. "The sense of touch," the doctors explained, "can be acquired to a remarkably subtle degree. The trained patient can be blindfolded and still recognize with his prosthesis (sawbone lingo for artificial arm) the slightest difference in the size of objects, as well as variation in consistency, and can also gauge the force with which he may wish to grasp an object...
...wish to object to the Crimson's portrayal of the barber shop price situation. May I point out that only one of the Harvard Square barbers opposed the raise in prices. In answer to the Crimson's vivid prediction of students rushing across the river to Boston for haircuts, I wish to point out that the meeting of the Harvard Square barbers was just one local chapter meeting of a large national organization, and that price rises could be expected throughout Greater Boston and the rest of the country, in keeping with the trend of the times...
...formality. "The Counsel who wishes to raise a point of law does not begin, 'My Lord, would you be so good as to allow me to draw the attention of the court, etc.' He stands up or even leans back in his chair and says, 'I object.' Just like that...